Copyright 2007-2022

EDUCATION

MFA • Photography + Sculpture 2000
Cranbrook Academy of Art
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Principal Study with Carl Toth

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BA • Journalism / Photojournalism 1988
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

Additional study in Fine Arts with:
Linda Brooks and Bambi Peterson

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Certif. • Documentary Photography 1986
International Center of Photography
New York, New York

Principal Study with:
Fred Ritchin and Abigail Heyman
Additional Study with:
Gilles Peress and Sylvia Plachy

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Independent Study / Mentoring with / by:
Paul Shambroom and Tom Arndt


AWARDS

2016
Concept/Ok, Focus Selected Artist
Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition
Oklahoma City, OK

2013
Concept/Ok Award of Merit
Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition
Oklahoma City, OK

2010
Oklahoma Visual Arts Fellowship
[Juror: Liza Statton]
Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition
Oklahoma City, OK

Creative Projects Grant
Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition
Oklahoma City, OK

2008
Faculty Development Summer Fellowship
The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK

2006
Oklahoma Visual Arts Fellowship
[Juror: Bill Goldston]
Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition
Oklahoma City, OK

2005
Kravis Foundation Travel Grant
The University of Tulsa, (x 2)

Faculty Development Summer Fellowship
The University of Tulsa

2004
Kravis Foundation Travel Grant
The University of Tulsa

Faculty Development Summer Fellowship
The University of Tulsa

1998
Franconia Sculpture Park/Jerome Artist Grant
The Jerome Foundation, St. Paul, MN

1996
Jerome Installation Art Commission
Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, MN


SOLO EXHIBITIONS & PERFORMANCES

2014
VALUE
New Genre Festival XXI
Myers Gallery / Living Arts of Tulsa
Tulsa, OK

2011
WEST TULSA SPENT
most of this drawing is not mine

grayDUCK Gallery
Austin, TX

2010
a Pale; place into parts
University Gallery and Carlos Gallery
The University of the South
Sewanee, TN

2008
Track aNd trolley
New Genre Festival XV
Myers Gallery / Living Arts of Tulsa
Tulsa, OK

2007
may(day a)hem
Philbrook Museum of Art
Tulsa, OK, [Sponsored by the Oklahoma
Visual Arts Coalition]

running 32 foot circular saw-cut
New Genre XIV, Nightingale Theater
Tulsa, OK

2006
image of one
Moon Gallery, Berry College
Mount Berry, GA

2003
uncarnate
The Alexander Hogue Gallery
The University of Tulsa
Tulsa, OK

2000
settle
Forum Gallery
Cranbrook Museum of Art
Bloomfield Hills, MI


COLLABORATIVE & CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2015
The Elaborate Collaborate, (video), IAO Gallery Oklahoma City, OK

Lineage, (dance),
[Set Designer-Fabricator], Jennifer Alden, Nina Madsen, and Michael J. Lopez, Principal Artists; with Portico Dans Theatre
Tulsa Ballet Studio K
Tulsa, OK

2014
Mob Mental.ity, (dance),
[Set Designer-Fabricator], Jennifer Alden and Michael J. Lopez, Principal Artists; with Portico Dans Theatre,
Tulsa Performing Arts Center
Tulsa, OK

2013
Combined Minds, (dance),
[Set Designer-Fabricator], Jennifer Alden and Michael J. Lopez, Principal Artists; with Portico Dans Theatre, Tulsa Performing Arts Center, Tulsa, OK

2009
Kubos Tesseract, (happening),
[Producer, synchronized 8-channel video component], Chuck Tomlins, Principal Artist
Living Arts of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK

2006
Domestic Veil, (installation),
[Curator, Fabricator],
TPC Gallery, Oklahoma State University,
Tulsa, OK

Use of the Photograph, (happening),
[Curator, Fabricator, Artist],
The Alexandre Hogue Gallery,
The University of Tulsa,
Tulsa, OK

2005
Price Tower Arts Center Video Art Series (2),
[Co-Curator w/ Monica Ramirez-Montagut],
Circle Cinema, Tulsa, OK

2004
Tulsa Crude, [Curator], International Photography Hall of Fame, Oklahoma City, OK


GROUP & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2016
Concept/Ok, [Curator: Adam Welch]
Hardesty Arts Center, Tulsa, OK (cat).
The Luminary, St. Louis, MO (cat).
Selected Artist, Focus Exhibition
Exhibited work: Broods

2013
Art Now, [Curator: Louise Siddons]
City Arts Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Exhibited work: Nest

2012
Concept/OK, [Curator: Liza Statton]
, AHHA, Tulsa, OK (cat).
Award of Merit, Survey Exhibition
Exhibited work: Over

2006
VisionMakers, [Curator: Mark Masuoka]
Leslie Powell Gallery
Lawton, OK, (cat).
Exhibited work: squat(s)

2005
Common Ground, The University of Tulsa +
Faculty of Art + Recent Works

The Alexander Hogue Gallery
The University of Tulsa,(cat).
Exhibited work: 1,2 Relations

2001
the Visible Body
(2 year outdoor installation)
Franconia Sculpture Park
Shafer, MN

Making Their Mark
Octagon Center for the Arts
Ames, IA
Exhibited work: carriers

2000
Me, Myself, and You
[with Cynthia Pachikara]
Steensland Art Museum
Northfield, MN
Exhibited work: settle

Cranbrook Academy of Art Degree Show
Cranbrook Museum of Art
Bloomfield Hills, MI
Exhibited work: tin_standard

1999
Fire Exit #9
The Fire Exit
Columbus, OH

Serial Works
Forum Gallery
Cranbrook Museum of Art
Bloomfield Hills, MI

1998
home 98
(3 year outdoor installation)
Franconia Sculpture Park
Shafer, MN

1997
Divided Spaces
No Name Exhibitions @ the Soap Factory
Mpls, MN

1996
Art in Space /
Jerome Installation Art Commissions

Intermedia Arts
Minneapolis, MN, (cat).
Exhibited work: ...this winter...

1995
Small Prints
Atlanta Photography Gallery
Atlanta, GA

1994
Nat’l Juried Photography Exhibition
[Juror: George Tice]
Sea Cliff Gallery
Sea Cliff, NY

National Family Album
Curated by Dee Hood and Patricia Yontz
Florida Center for Contemporary Art
Tampa, FL

1992
Glenn Davis and Doug Hellekson
Speedboat Gallery
Saint Paul, MN

1991
The Earth in Balance
Bloomington Art Center
Bloomington, MN

1986
Adolescence
International Center of Photography
New York, NY


BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Video Profile; Glenn Herbert Davis, 2016 Concept Focus Artist, OK Visual Arts
• GLENN HERBERT DAVIS: Whitewashing Value, by Bryan Hearn, Art Focus Oklahoma, January/February 2014
• Combined Minds: an Artistic Collaboration, by Krystle Brewer, Art Focus Oklahoma, July/August 2013
• Video Profile; Glenn Herbert Davis, OVAC Fellowship Winner 2010, by Beau J. Leland & Kelsey Karper, August 2010
• 2010 Visual Arts Fellowships and Student Awards of Excellence, by Sarah Atlee, Art Focus Oklahoma, September/October 2010
• Art in Motion, by Megan Rossman, Oklahoma Today magazine, July/August 2009
• Dirt and diligence, by James D. Watts Jr., Tulsa World, March 2008
• OVAC Awards of Excellence 2006, Art Focus Oklahoma, September/October 2006
uncarnate, Cross Currents of Oklahoma, January/February 2004
• Professor's exhibit explores the way of all flesh, by James D. Watts Jr., Tulsa World, November 2003
Three Soap Factory exhibits get down and dirty in a clean way by Diane Hellekson, twincities.sidewalk.com Homepage, The Essential, Minneapolis, MN, August 1997
this winter, pARTs Journal, Minneapolis, MN, June 1996
Glenn Herbert Davis, pARTs Journal,
by George Slade, Minneapolis, MN, March 1995


COLLECTIONS

• Minnesota Historical Society, Fine Art Photography Collection, Saint Paul, MN
• Prosource, Saint Louis Park, MN
• Wayzata Historical Society, Wayzata, MN
• Elizabeth Peck, Walker Art Center, MN
• Dr. Herbert F. Polesky, Golden Valley, MN


RESIDENCIES

2011 University of North Texas, Denton, TX
2005 Ohio University School of Art, Athens, OH


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE / EMPLOYMENT

• Elevated Machinery (BMU) Technician, Manntech North America and Alimak, 2013-present

• Adjunct Professor, (remote), LaSalle University, Philadelphia, PA, 2020-
• Assistant Professor, The Art Institute of Pittsburgh Online, 2011-2019
• Gallery Director, The Alexandre Hogue Gallery, The University of Tulsa, 2008-2010
• Assistant Professor and Photography Area Head, The University of Tulsa School of Art, 2003-2010
• Visiting Assistant Professor, Ohio University School of Art, 2002-2003
• Visiting Assistant Professor, Iowa State University College of Art and Design, 2000-2002
• Operations Manager and Lead Preparator, Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, MN, 1996-1998

• Designer, Fabricator, Cabinetmaker, Framing and Finish Carpenter, Since 1986
• Documentary/Fine Art Photographer, Since 1983
• Horse's Ass, Since 1961